The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 161

It was past noon, and at the Chunming Gate on the east side of Chang'an, the flames spread, igniting a small half of the city tower, and the black smoke rolled in the sky like a black dragon flying in the sky.

The arrow that streaked across the sun flew from the bottom of the city to the top of the wall. The soldiers who were hit by the arrow fell down the wall with screams. Holding a knife on the top of the city wall, he plunged into the forest of spears pushed by the formation and swung them, cutting off the barrel of the gun and killing the opponent, or he was stabbed into the body by the forest of guns in mid-air and nailed to death.

Outside the city, behind the turbulent sea of ​​people climbing the ladders, the Chinese army was lined up with banners and banners. Zhu Wen stroked his horse's mane and stood on the side of a section of the official road guarded by his personal guards. The shouts and the countless figures rushing to kill, just took a drink and sipped their lips.

"Yanzhang, you go up."

Putting down the wine bowl, he pointed in another direction with his whip, "Ding Hui and Pang Shigu, you two will lead two thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry to set up an ambush in the north. Time to attack back and forth with the soldiers and horses of the Shatuo people!"

On the horse's back, Zhu Wen stroked the rough mane, and the fight against the wall reflected in his eyes, already made him not much interested. The bustling city was just an empty shell.

He has already received the imperial court's reward, and no one will dare to say that he is a Dangshan thief in the future.

Being able to sit until today, he knew who had contributed the most, but because of this, he felt more and more apprehensive. He took a long breath and let it out slowly. Looking at the outline of Chang'an, there was a trace of tangle in his eyes.

Just one person. Just such a person messed up the rebel army that ruled the world back then, and turned into what it is today in a daze.

With his eyes narrowed, he called out in a low voice, "Zhu Zhen."

Some generals rode forward and handed over.

"The end is here."

"After entering the city" Zhu Wen's face became more and more entangled, and finally his tone eased, "After entering the city, protect a courtyard in Yongle Square, and let the left prime minister of Qi State not wander around at will. After I enter the city Say it again."

After saying that, the general named Zhu Zhen clasped his fists heavily, and at the same time as he rode his horse back to the formation, a scout galloped over from the south of Chang'an, got off his horse and whispered something to a herald, who hurried to the Central Army Campus The banner informed Zhu Wen on horseback of the news he had just received.

"Run away? Hehe, as expected, what Prime Minister Geng said."

Zhu Wen smiled, touched the bushy beard around his chin, and looked sideways at the generals behind him, "Go to the two of you, take the soldiers and horses of our headquarters and only chase them, except don't let them go to Dengzhou. OK."

Now that the matter has been settled, Huang Chao still has many soldiers and horses after all, and the soldiers who can stay by his side are naturally not low in combat power. If all his family fortunes are thrown up, he will feel distressed about how many people are killed or injured.

It's better to let the other towns' Jiedu envoys go up together, anyway, they have taken everything they should have, and people must be content, especially at this juncture.

"Huang Wang. He is just not satisfied."

Sunshine walks in the clouds, and the fighting spreads. Near the intersection of Wei and Jing, Gai Hong, Meng Kai and others who resettled the refugees received the news one after another. Meng Juehai, who was resettling refugees in another place, came with his troops and horses, accompanied by [-] cavalry from Deng Tianwang's military camp on the Yan'an River.

Realizing that the atmosphere was not right, several people led their respective soldiers and horses without saying a word. The sudden battle made people suspicious. Zhu Wen followed His Majesty for a long time, even longer than some of them. How do you say it's the opposite?
Several people looked at each other with a little vigilance.

The authenticity of the source of the change in the atmosphere, especially what happened during this period, has to make everyone sensitive.

Just as Gai Hong was expressing his thoughts, in front of the marching army, he vaguely saw the cavalry who sent the order galloping towards this side, and the voice could not be conveyed vaguely, but the cavalry waved the flag and asked Meng Juehai to rein in the horse and call out : "Zhu Wen really rebelled, and sent an army to intercept us in front!"

"Just kill him." Deng Tianwang waved the big gun in his hand, and said in a low voice: "I have long wanted to meet that junior named Wang Yanzhang under his command, and I happened to go over there to clean up. Ask that Bandit Zhu why he rebelled!"

Just a moment after he finished his words, the rear team had orders to gallop away.

"Enemy attack, north!"

The long-dragon-like army suddenly panicked, and there were enemies in the back, indicating that they had entered an ambush. Meng Juehai and the others shouted loudly, and issued orders layer by layer, trying their best to maintain order.

During the mobilization of the army, Deng Tianwang rode over and asked them to rush to the east to break through and look for His Majesty. After all, they were all generals of the Rebel Army, and they knew how many soldiers and horses they had.

"Zhu Wen is attacking Chunming Gate, there are not many soldiers and horses coming to ambush, I went to stop the Shatuo people, I haven't avenged my revenge last time, just in time to learn about that shit Li Cunxiao."

Saying so, the rough man clamped his horse's belly and shouted violently: "Drive!" He galloped towards the wilderness, and appeared on the two wings of the team on the official road, and cavalrymen followed up with their horses. In the field of vision, he retreated rapidly, and in the wind facing him, Deng Tianwang, who was galloping in front of him, on the other side of his field of vision, far away, a black shadow spread up in a horizontal line.

"Hoohoo-"

That was the unique cry of the barbarians in the north. I don’t know how many Shatuo cavalry spread across the brilliant sky, and the fluttering banners, with the word "Li", were hunting in the wind. In the rolled up smoke and dust, on countless churning iron hooves, one after another The figure in leather armor and leather jacket was running in a gallop, drawing an arrow and drawing a bow to point to the sky.

"drive!"

Deng Tianwang clamped his big gun, his rough voice roared in the wind: "Get ready—"

Behind him, the cavalry with him as an arrow scattered. The next moment, a rain of arrows like locusts swept across the sky and poured down. The scattered cavalry were mostly nailed to the ground by the horseshoes. Stepping off and sinking into the mud, some pierced into the bodies of people and horses, and suddenly they turned on their backs, throwing the knight above them out heavily, and were left behind by their galloping companions.

Both sides were approaching, and the incoming Shatuo cavalry pulled out steel knives and spears almost at the same time. The leader Deng Tianwang could already see the face of the Shatuo people running wildly opposite him, his eyes were bloodshot, and his eyes widened , stabbing forward with a big gun.

Shouted: "Kill!"

The tip of the gun sank into the chest of the Shatuo people who were rushing from the opposite side. While flying against the people, the sound of rumbling horseshoes on both sides pulled the distance to zero. Armored flesh and blood, the war horse collided with the war horse, making a series of muffled sounds of flesh and bones breaking, and crazily rushed into the opponent's formation.

"Li Cunxiao—"

Deng Tianwang picked up a Shatuo cavalryman, wiped the blood off his face and shouted, "Come out and fight with me!!"

call out!
A feathered arrow passed through the gap between the running and fighting figures, Deng Tianwang instinctively drew his sword and slashed towards that side, cutting the arrow away. In front of him, as far as he could see, was a general named Shatuo, with a beast head and shoulders, The bronze mirror armor rides on the back of a fiery red war horse, wearing a white cloak that flutters around.

He looked over majesticly.

at the same time.

The Shatuo cavalry spread down in a horizontal line, the cavalry in the middle was entangled with the Qi soldiers, and the Shatuo people on both sides were like the wings of birds, bypassing the battle group in the middle and heading towards Meng Jue, who was retreating and breaking through. Hai led more than [-] people and charged behind.

Here, Meng Juehai, Gai Hong, Meng Kai and the others who had already formed a group with the intercepted Zhu Wen soldiers heard the screams from the rear, and the next moment they heard the sound of horseshoes roaring from behind.

"Go, don't love to fight!"

Gai Hong gave up Pang Shigu, pushed the opponent away and turned back with a saber, the Shatuo cavalry spread their iron hooves, rushing from the field like a tide, bypassing the two cavalry fighting over there, like giant arms, embracing the rear on this side Team.

However, his voice was small after all, covered up by the screams around him and the collision of weapons.He looked at the two Shatuo cavalry who had surrounded him, and sighed.

The next moment, a brutal fight broke out in the rear, and the entire forward formation finally collapsed after holding on for half a stick of incense.

The soldiers shouted crazily and ran all over the ground with fear in their eyes, and then they were scattered and had no choice but to rush forward desperately, throwing the army of Meng Juehai and others who were fighting with Pang Shigu and Ding Hui in front of them tottering. , The army was in chaos, and Pang and Ding seized the opportunity to cover up and kill them head-on, and forcibly tore the soldiers and horses of more than ten thousand soldiers in half.

"Let's go! Go!"

"The back team don't mess up—"

Countless screams and screams were mixed with the people running in panic. Meng Juehai, Meng Kai and others killed several people. Seeing that it was impossible to recover, they had to take their personal guards to break through and flee to the south.

"Your Majesty, this way!"

"There are also soldiers and horses over there!"

In the southern suburbs of Chang'an, the team evacuating towards the southeast was returning in a hurry. Although there were many soldiers and horses, they did not know how many enemies were lying in ambush. An unknown number of soldiers and horses ambushed everywhere, but fortunately, Huang Chao asked Shang Taiwei to lead the troops to retreat before the opponent could kill.

"Zhu Wen is trying to kill me!!"

After going round and round, Huang Chao came to Chang'an again. Now he doesn't have the appearance of an emperor, the crown has been taken off a long time ago, and his gray hair is messy hanging down his shoulders.

Just as he was about to turn to the west and enter the mountain, suddenly there were soldiers and horses approaching from there, and everyone hurriedly formed a line of defense. From a distance, they saw Meng Juehai, Meng Kai and other generals looking embarrassed, with less than [-] soldiers following them , all of them looked terrified, apparently under attack.

To be able to look like this, naturally it can't be Zhu Wen's gang.

"His Majesty!"

Seeing Huang Chao on horseback here, Meng Juehai breathed a sigh of relief, and hastily brought his troops over to join him. He and Meng Kai dismounted to pay their respects.

"Hehe. I didn't expect that I have been in such a bleak situation for many years, but it's okay, I will come again."

Huang Chao supported the two generals to get up, and there are not many people who are still with him now, such as the three brothers Zhang Guiba, Zhao Zhang, Deng Tianwang, Ge Congzhou and other generals are all missing.

"Perhaps you are still fighting bloody battles with Zhu Wen's men in the city. Your Majesty, just retake Chang'an! It is really impossible to defend the city. It is better for the last general to wait for someone to protect you and break through, than to be chased by cavalry outside!"

After listening to Shang Rang's words, Huang Chao was silent for a moment, nodded in agreement, and got on his horse: "Let's go, go back to Chang'an, and take it back before that fellow Zhu Wen controls the city gate!"

The group made up their minds and reorganized the soldiers and horses. Counting what Meng Juehai brought, there were more than [-] people available. They immediately turned around and pushed towards Deming Gate.

However, when he approached the city gate, the city gate was open and closed when he came. Shang Rang immediately stepped forward to shout, but was almost shot by an arrow, so he hurriedly retreated to look again. Behind the wall stacks.

Zhang Zhifang was wearing armor and holding a spear, with the other hand pressed against the hilt of his sword, he stood behind a shield and laughed loudly: "Since your majesty is out of the city, don't come back, this gate is impassable today!"

"You..." Huang Chao pulled out his treasured sword and pointed to the tower, "I should have killed all of you surrendered officials! And that Geng Qing—"

Geng Xiang?

Meng Juehai, Meng Kai and the others looked at the angry emperor in amazement, and then looked at the top of the city, two figures walked together, one of them had a dark face, wearing a scarf, and walked to the wall in an elegant robe Finally, Qi Guobing bowed his hands politely towards the bottom, as if he was saying something, but unfortunately he was still far away, so he couldn't hear clearly.

Huang Chao, Meng Kai, Meng Juehai, and Shang Rang heard only one vague sentence.

".Walk slowly, don't send."

　The second watch that came late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)